intertitle

English

Intertitle of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)

Etymology

inter- +‎ title

Noun

intertitle (plural intertitles)

(cinematography) A piece of static text inserted into the film to provide context or other information.
Synonyms: (dated) leader, (dated) subtitle

The film made frequent use of intertitles: every scene change was accompanied by text describing the new location.
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Translations

cinematography: piece of static text inserted into a film

Finnish: väliteksti

Verb

intertitle (third-person singular simple present intertitles, present participle intertitling, simple past and past participle intertitled)

To insert text into a film in this way.